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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
A CHASTITY Fireplace.

A Southside physician has capped
the cl max of suggestions. He is some
thing of an artist in modelling in clay.
and after he got his office supplied with
natural gas he made a cast of a scull.
The thing is horribly natural, even to
the sutures across the skull, and one
front tooth knocked ont. This is set
up in the CRATE in such way that the
blush crimson flames of the burning
gas steal through the eyes and nostrils
and flicker playfully around the ghastly
jaws. Little jets of flame flash through
between the sunken jaws and tighten
up the bony countenance, heated 10 a
white-red heat in manner horribly
suggestive of other fires, which are said
to burn, but not consume. PtttsbWg
u tSBQtcH
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
Valuable Punctuation.

Economy in sending cable messages
is not always desirable. Relatives in
New York of a lady of social celebrity
in Paris hearing she was ill, cabed that
if She was not better they would
straightway sail, and asked for instruc-
tons what to do The answer came
mo better Only this, and nothing
more. The relatives sailed on the
next steamer, and their astonishment
was great upon arriving in Paris to
find the supposed stricken lady giving
dinner party. The explanation, al
though simple, was very annoying
The cable answer had been no in re-
Spouse TO inquiry whether the relatives
should sail, and better as to the
lady's health. Economy and absence
of punctuation cost the party of the
second part nearly $1,000.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
The Boston Girls.

The Hub young lady told me- Il very
good thing about the way they 90 in
Boston. The funniest part Of 1t Vas
that she didn't see anything funry in
it, but told it rs something very sgHc.
r.or. indeed, which would improve sc
cietv in New York immensely u il
were tried here. She says the feu,n-
inc nincteenths of Boston soc:c'y we're
in great despair because everything
they started. all their clubs and sorie-
ties and everything. were SO over
whelming feminine. Even ii they
started out with fair proportion for
Boston---of masculine members, these
soon either dropped out or were over
whelmed and lost in the prevailing
mass of skirts SO they determined on
heroic measures. They organ zed n
Browning Club, and they decrecd thai
no woman should be admitted unless
she brought man MEMBER into the
club, too. And, TO make sure shat tho
masculine end of the establishment
would be kept up. they also dccrccJ
that If any lady came without y gentle
man 10 two successive meetings her
name should be summarily strucl, from
the roll Of membership. Tac fair
maidcns OF Commonwealth avenue anl
Beacon street have been having u
wofully hard time getting into Shat club
and staying there after they uoCc got
in. My informant naivcly said that
they were all Just crazy to JON. but
that men really seem scarcer aud
buster than ever. "Whv, she cN-
claimed, IF you Just say Browning ~
a man now it makes him look III. 49,
Clara Belle ia Cincinnati Enquirer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
What the Best Corn.

This i question of very great inn
portance TO the whole country, not
only to farmers who grow corn, but to
the whole commercial interest which
depends so largely upon this, the great
est product of the United States. In
the table printed elsewhere are given n
few of the results of the tests applied
TO n large number of exhibits of twenty
pounds each, from different farms. To-
calities and States in the corn belt. "
Barely space could be spared for the
extended figures and notes concerning
the prize taking lots among the Dent
corns and half a dozen other good spec
linens. 1t was only practicable for the
Examination Committee TO take into
account the points and circumstances
before them. Back of these are sundry
other considerations that could not be
shown or examined in an exhibit Of this
kind. such as the soil, its preparation.
fertilizers if used the methods of Gull
ture, distance of rows, special effects of
UNUSUAL Ntdtutlf VI dlldEts INC Nltlu
per acre of grain and slower nutritive
or feeding value of the corn, etc. all Of
more or less influence and Importance
in deciding upon the best corn for any
one locality and for different localities.
The many notes and particulars we
have received from the growers of the
corn will be interesting on several of
these points. and we shall give from
time TO time, as space allows. some OF
the more important of these particulars
that may throw further light upon the
subject, and be Of important practical
use TO corn growers.
Long and large ears have in a major
ity of exhibits been leading points con-
sidered in the award of prizes. Are
they any guides, especially if the num-
Der of ears on an acre be nottaken into
the reckoning? Prairie Farmer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
Senator Evart's Fee.

.'Do you know" said IA prominent
member OF the bar the other day, as he
watched Senator William Maxwell
Evarts sauntering along past st. Mark
churchyard, that the Senator's first
large fee. rs a lawyer didn't do him a
bit of pecuniary benefit"
The reporter didn't know it.
''Well. it's rather good story. the
lawyer said, ''and as few lawyers even
remember it. it can be told without any
fear of the chestnut enunciator. The
incident occurred in 1912, when Evarts
was only "a years old. and slim
young lawyer with ali old fashioned
choker collar, and h s interrogative
forefinger just beginning to be mo-
ticeable part of his practice. He was
then a criminal practitioner, and Civ
ing glimpses of that peculiar mastery
of sentences of all sizes which has kept
pace with the effective use of his fore
finger.
Monroe Edwards. very skillful and
conscientiousless penman, had forged Il
check. got caught, and hired young
Evarts TO save him from Sing Sing.
six days. The future Senator stabbed
at W tness after witness with his deadly
foreiinger interrogatories. and finally
appealed to the jury for his clients ac-
quittal 1t was marvellous speech,
full of the fire and impetuosity of youth
full enthusiasm. 1t was the talk of the
courts for months. and undoubtedly
laid the basis of William Maxwell s
fame rs an advocate But the jury
freed itself from the glittering heap of
brilliant sentences that young Evarts
piled up on them. and found Edwards
guilty The judge complimented
Evarts. and then sent his client to Sing
Sing for ten years. The prisoner com
plimented Evarts on his cloquence. too,
and Just before he walked into the sher-
ifs carriage 10 90 TO the Sing Sing
train gave the tall young advocate a
neat check. bearing the signature of a
well-known man. 1t was for several
hundred dollars. and William Maxwell
went proudly to the bank with it after
he had babe his client good. by.
No good. said the bank cashier
when Evarts handed it up for deposit.
why, cried young William Max
well, IN amaZement
1.-THE signature is a forgery sir,
the cashier responded.
at is related that this was the only
occasion in his feline that. given "a
chance to use some vigorous and inn
pressive sentences. William Maxwell
Evarts let the opportunity slip. He
simply stared at the check in silence. ="
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
Frightened by a Skeleton Hand.

\ very mysterious proceeding has
disturbed an Atlanta man, whose name
is withheld for good and ,ullic cnt rea-
sons. The man lives in the suburb, OF
the CITY and has a beautiful place, sur
rounded by good deal Of shTubbcrv.
Several nights ago. while the moon was
shining. one of the windows of the
mans sittng-roOm was raised to admit
fresh air. The man CHANGED TO BE-
looking toward the window and saw
rising outside above the sill a skeleton
hand 1t remained there barely sec
ond, then descended gu ckly. The man
was so paralyzed by the unexpected
sight that he could scarcely move.
When he rcganed self control and
went to the window no one could be
seen and no sound came to his ears.
Two or three nights afterward the
skeleton hand silently appeared ut the
window again. AT the same time the
mans yard dog set up barking. rushed
around the house aud dashed furiously
through the shrubbery The man rush
ed into the yard and found the dog
growing angrily and shaking some
thing. which. when taken from him.
proved TO be- the skeleton hand and the
lower bones of an arm. That is all !
know about it. Speculate to suit your
sclf.-Atlanta Constitution.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

A good way to Kill ont sorrel is to
salt the sheep on it. Care should be
taken never TO allow the sorrcl to seed.
rs it can be carried to other points in the
manure.
There never was a time when so
many minds were at work or so many
efforts made in various directions 10 adj
vance the practice and science of agri-
culture.
good fortune awaits a man who
will devise some practicable plan for
marking horses raised on the Western
ranges. so they will not be distigured
by the branding iron.
Crows distribute many tree seeds,
as acorns and nuts, by plucking them
and carrying them away, dropping
them again at some distance from the
place of starting.
Carelessness must give way to bust
ness management on the farm. The
farmer should study the markets and
be as ready to take advantage of OPP
portunities rs the merchant.
Use the SCOT from the stove-pipes and
chimneys. 1t is excellent for flowers
and young plants. Mix it with water,
about peck of SCOT to a barrel of wat
er, and apply with watering-pot
There is no reason why the wire
fences of poultry yards and around the
fields should not be used for grape
vines Quite large amount of such
fruit could thus be economically grown,
and the fence would not be injured by
SO doing
OF the varieties of ducks the PekinS
stand confinement best but they are
not as tame as the common kinds.
They grow very large, often reaching
eight or nine pounds each, and yield
feathers of white color, and equal TO
those of the goose.
Always turn eggs twice a week if
they are to be kept for future use.
Eggs for Matching viii keep two or
three weeks if turned half over daily.
They should be in a place of moderate
temperature. where they will not freeze
or be too warm.
MillcrS all advise cutting wheat early,
rs it makes a larger proportion of flour.
But early cutting may shorten the
weight, and 50 long rs millers will pay
no more for early than late cut. farm
ers will 20 on calmly, getting all the
weight they can.
The cherry is one of the fruit trees
that can be recommended for shade i'm
pastures along roadsdes, as the hardy
var eties of cherries are not affected b.
the tramping of stock or passing of We
hicles which would prove injurious to
most other fruit trees.
Roots supply four requisites of good
feed-bulk, moisture, muscle-formng
and fat-forming clements, 1t is in the
two former that their value principally
consists. The necessary bulk is sup
- piled to the stomach. andtherc arc. no
y ~ cond tong for the moisture to
ter\ rSdnach than in this way,
when ~ part of the food
1t will not do to feed either linsced
or cottonseed meal too literally TO poul-
try. 1t is best 10 mix the two kinds
and allow a small quantity once or
twice a week, a teaspoonful to each
hen being sufficient Cottonsccd meal
contains a large proportion of nitrogen
and so does the linseed meal but the
latter is richer in fat elements 1t is
excellent for regulating the bowels and
should be given rs mentioned for that
reason. The cottonsced meal is not so
laxative and therefore serves best when
given in connection with the linseed
meal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
A Flat Contrai iotion.

Some one has told you that your catarrh
is incurable. IL l. not SO. DR.. Sage's
Catarrhliemedy VIII cure it. II is pleasan.
10 use aud IL always does its work thorough
w We have yet TO hear of a case in which IL
did not accomplish cure when faith
fully used. Catarrh is disease which it
is dangerous To neglect. \ certain remedy
i at your command Avail yourself of II
before the complaint assumes more seri
Gus form. All druggists.
Blue birds and robins have appeared in
Midland Park y. j.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Fifteen COWS huddles together in a north
ern Pacific cut To keep from freezing To
death, and "A freight train came through
and killed all of them.
Henry Irving says his unsuccessful at
tempt To establish the reserved seat system
in the pit of his London Lyceum theatre
cost him $1,000,
John Good, an inventor who n few years
ago was day laborer in "A Brooklyn cord
age factory, now has an income OF $780,
600 year
Sarah Bernhardt believes that tJuching
the shoulder of "A humpback person brings
tract on Tuesday.
In a large cake OF ice recently cut in the
Illinois river near Ottawa, the dead body
Of man was found imbedded 1t was
Joseph johnson of Peru.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
The Cause Of CONSUMPTION.

Scrofula, manifesting itself in botches,
pimples, eruptions, salt-rheum, and other
blemi>es of the skin, is but too apt by
and 10y TO infect the delicate tissues OF the
lungs also and result in liberation. thus
ending in consumption. DR. Plerce's
Golden Medical Discovery will meet and
vanqush the enemy in its stronghold of
the blood and cast il out of the system.
All druggists
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
Little. but Oh MY

Or. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei
lees> are scarcely larger than mustard
sesds. but they have no equal as a cathar-
tf. In all disorders of the liver, stomach
and bowels they act like a charm. Purely
vegetable. sugar-coated, and inclosed IN
glass vials. Pleasant safe AMI sure. BY
druprisf.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Quick work.-To do IA thing quickly and
at the same time thoroughly will unfail-
ingly secure attention. This is said Of Sal
walton Oil, the great rheumatic remedy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Carriers Little Liver Pills will be found
an excellent remedy for sick headache.
Thousands of letters from people who have
plsf for fhnm
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

The snow is so hard and deep at Bear
Lake, Idaho, that people travel around re-
gardless Of fences, which are buried far
out of sight.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

In attempting 10 edter the canal at
kenasha, Wis, 40 pound sturgeon
grounded on IA sand bar and was cap
I'm
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

A BOARD of trade will shortly be
established in the city of Chihuahua,
Mexico.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

A prudent man il like "A pin, his head
prevents him from going too far. To pre-
vent "A cough from going 10 far, we should
say: Use DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Nevada wants to annex Idaho and citi-
Zens of the territory threaten to go To war
If the scheme Il carried out.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Daniel banner of Mattison, Mich. lost a
pet squirrel over two years ago. The 9TH
er day it returned and resumed its old re
latiOnS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Hot house strawberries are selling in
Boston at 30 cents each.
\ Popular Science Monthly writer says
monkeys have conversation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

LYoNs Patent Metallic Strcners prevent boots
and shoes from running over ripping IN the seams
or wearing uuevculy on the heels.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

Goat Island at Niagara Falls is said to
be worth $l,OOO,OOO
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
BOILED ONIONS.

Wash and peel; boil ten minutes;
pour of the water; boil second time,
drain: pour IN more boiling water; add
salt and boil an hour, or longer if not
tender then. Then place in colander,
turn "A saucer over them, and press
firmly to drive of all the water; put
them into dish; add butter and pep
per and serve.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
A.ISCE PIE.

To three pounds Of chopped beef add
six quarts of chopped apples, one and
one-half pounds Of suet. two pounds o;
raisins. seeded and chopped, two
pounds of currants, one half pound Of
sliced citron, one ounce each of cinna-
mon cloves, ginger, two mutmcgs sra-
ted, one grated lemon, one pound sd
gar, boiled cider and mola>scs sutiic.cn.
TO mOiSten
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
WINTER SQUASH.

Cut up and take out the inside; pare
the pieces and stew IN a little water
as possible; cook an hour; mash, and.
if watery. let stand on the fire unit
dry. stirring TO prevent burn ne; season
with salt, pepper and butter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04
MASHED POTATOES.

Peel potatoes and boil. drain and
salt; heat little cream with a good
sized piece of butter, mash the pota.
toes, put in the hot cream and butter,
cream with fork until foamy; then
press through a sieve with potatoe
masher. letting them fall lightly into a
hot dish
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-03-04

An1nM Morphine Habit Cured IN 10
To go days. Nopay an Cured.
~ sSus DH }. srkPHEss Le6sa0a, Ohio
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-31
Hcnrico' : Sentiments on Spring.

'1Icnrico! DOst thou scent the gentle
Spring?'
"Ale nOstrils do attest the same in.
decd, for dust that's to me neighbor'e
carpet wed, already yields to his athletic
strokes
"Nay, do not carp at cleaning indus
try, nor thus ingram thee with such
worstcd thoughts, The spring! the gen
tie spring is at the door,"
Let him not in, AndrOmcda, | pray,
till he hath purified his breath bit, and
purSed his raimcnt of its rubbish tang. "
"Dost thou not like the spring, thou
tcsty one?"
AYE, if the same were not too long
a,springing, This spring halt makes me
hoarsc with fierce protests, and studs me
through with filly-ments Of wrnth'
81 wonder, sith thy stable wit ] hear,
that thou dost favor not this tcCming
time"
"Ihis stcaming time is good thou cum
ming conjurer, for thro' the seams and
sewers of soil doth oosc obnoxious Odors
that proclaim the stcaming process of
this vcrnal change. And man, the imita-
tor that he is, contents him not with
Watching natures whims, but finds fresh
iiSl lCi WHO S1'tcCOttO S1lON III llGuI)llR
high the garbage funeral pyrc. ! Won
der not, when first the livcrwOrt llprcars
the dainty crest above the gIcbc, and
scents the garden trucks cnluvium, he
hics to silent sanctum of the soil and
saith: My dainty redolencc will seem
obscure i'll atmosphere 50 freight with
fumes )"
"And to thy sense ist only scents that
olyn,,
mcnt?"
"Nay, be me troth; Italia wandering
genius Of the crank, the booming busi-
ness of EscuIapians, the school boy
taking furlough from his books to inter
view the spiral anglcworm, the homcly
hen that huns her humble hymn OF
Easter cmbloms, and the housewives
howl as with the moth she holds her
annual joust, these be some symptoms
that assert to me the years conjunction
with the WantOn spring"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-31
n Hero of American Heroes.

cit was once my fortune" he says,
"to see young man take an ok in his
hand and walk alone across 200 yards of
open ground under the fire of 400 dis
mounted troopers, and deliberately cut
down a telegraph pole. While he was
chopping away at the tough cedar wood
L could plainly see the splinters whirling
away from the pole from top to bottom,
as the whizzing bullets aimed ut him
crashed through it, or scanned its sides
with ragged scars. Near by stood q
brick chimney, where q house had been
burned down; a twelve pound shot
struck the pile, and it went tumbling to
earth, scattering its bricks about, some
of them striking the young soldiers
legs. He did not wayer. AS regular as
the beat of pendulum was the swing of
that AK, and when the pole fell friends
and foes We'd together in yelling their
admiration Of the young man as he de-
liberately shouldered his ak and returned
to his place in his command. Maurice
Thompson in the Independent.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-31
The " rOnS " oman.

An amusing incident occurred not
long since at the close Of IN evening
meeting ut one of our churches. A we'll
known citizen and his wife attended the
service, going thithcr rs WAS their GUS
tom III their own vehicle. When the
meeting was over the husband told the
wife to be ont ut the door so as to be
ready to go home when he came along
with the horse and sleigh. She was
promptly on time and team came up,
II man held ont his hand and helped her
III and drove off with her. They had
not gone great way when she said: 'It
seems to me you got the horse quick. "
The man looked ut her II moment in
surprise on hearing Il strange voice, and
exclaimed: "GOod 8raciorS | have got
the wrong woman" He turned the
horse around and drove back to the
place OF meeting, where an exchange
was made, and he started home once
moro with the right woman. Concord
Monitor.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-31
TIC Cotton nIovement.

The New York Financial Chronicle,
reviewing the cotton movement, saws
that for the week ending Friday, March
| Is, the total receipts have reached 81, ZIG
bales, against 1858 last week, 79,951
the previous week, aud 95, 5,Oi3 three
weeks since; making the total receipts
since 1st September, 1886, 1858, ,574
bales, against 4, 727, TIA for the same pc.
riod of 1856, showing an increase
since September J., 1886, of 232, 400
bales.
The exports for the week ending Fri
bales, of which 1896 were to Great
Britain, 1910 to France, and $3.50 to
the rest of the continent. The total
sales for forward delivery for the week
arc J32, 700 bales. For immediate deliv-
cry the total sales foot up this week
1,2lS bales, including ,219 for consump-
ton. The imports into continental ports
this week have been $4,000 bales.
There was n decrease in the cotton in
sight Friday night of G6,741 bales as
compared with tho same date of 1886.
an increase of 149,0S1 bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1885,
and decrease Of 1913, ,708 bales as COM
pared with 1881. The old interior stocks
have decreased during the week 35, ,342
bales, and are tonight 190,3S2 bales less
than at the same period last year. The
receipts at the same towns have been
0.19l bales more than the same week last
year, and since September the receipts
at all the towns are 60, 1875 bales more
than for the same time in 1S85-SG.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1886, were 5,112,4 ,428
bales; in 1S85-S6 were 10l,OiG; in
lS84-S5 were 4,675, ,306. Although the
receipts at the outports the past week
were 57,7lG bales, the actual movement
from plantations was only 81 SOS, the
balance being taken from the stocks at
the interior towns. Last year receipts
from the plantations for the same week
were 2S, 729 bales, and for 1850 they were
2f,908. The increase in the amount in
sight Friday night, as compared with
last year, was 80, ,481 bales, the increase
as compared with 1S84~85 was G2S, ,573,
and the increase over 1883-84 was G94,-
379.
The Chronicle thinks that these figures
may be IL little inaccurate, because, be-
tween the lst September, 1886, and the
lst March, 1887, cotton which passed
through Savannah, consigned to Charles
ton, was included in the receipts Of each
port-were twice counted. These twice
counted shipments aggregated 27,2SO
bales.